How can I get rid of the 4:30am wake up session?

Question

My baby is 8 weeks old. He sleeps from about 8 pm to 2am. I know he could be sleeping from 3am-630 but he still wakes up at 4-430. He's not even hungry he eats for like 5 minutes only cause I'm putting it in his face and he didn't even have a dirty diaper this time. I think it's just habit. How can I get him to get that longer second sleep stretch and eliminate the pointless 430 session?

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Time 🤷 
It's not pointless to him to wake up at that time. He's making sure your there. Babies wake up for more than just hunger or dirty diapers, they are massively in tune with basic survival instincts. 
I know it's frustrating, but you have to realize sleep is developmental. Tbh those wake times are fantastic for an 8week old! Only up 2x a night? My kids were up 1.5-2hours max at night for "pointless" nursing sessions up til 5-6months😩

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8 weeks is still very young, my son still woke up 3 times a night at that age. I think time is the main key to this, if he’s still doing it past 6 months then sleep training is an option if you want.

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My almost 7 month old is still waking up at that time. I just leave him to it and if he starts crying I’ll go to him comfort him, give dummy back and he usually falls back asleep within 2mins

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At that age they’re going to wake up whenever they want 🤷🏻‍♀️ if he’s not fussing I would just try waiting to see if he goes back to sleep. He might not need anything and may just be awake to be awake. At 8 weeks my son was still waking up at 11-12, 2-3 and then up again between 6 and 7. He just started sleeping 7:30pm to 6am consistently the past week and he’s almost 5 months old.

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If he's not hungry, I wouldn't try to feed him. You're only reinforcing the habit and creating the association that bottle means bed. Just cuddle him or pat him. He sounds like he's already doing great with sleeping. It will work itself out in time. For reference my son is 14 weeks old and just did his longest stretch ever last night of 7 hrs 45 minutes. Before that his longest stretch was 6 hours 15 minutes but usually 5 hours. After that he could wake up every 20 minutes, every hour etc.

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Time. They change their sleeping habits all the time

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You don’t stop it. 
My son is 2 and still sometimes wakes up at the time to get in bed with me. He usually goes back to sleep but not always. We just can’t control when our kids wake up no matter the age. We just have to deal with it. I know that isn’t what you’re looking for but it is what it is and it does get better!!

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Week 8 was tough for us. No morning changes were made until week 10, and even that’s early for some babies. 
So time will help.

How can I get rid of the 4:30am wake up session?

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